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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13
MISERY UNSPEAKABLE.
A Glimpse at the Squalor and Want O
Tenement House Inmates.

A Glimpse at the Squalor and Want OF
Tenement House Inmates.
Oae-half the world does not know
how the other half lives. 1t is an old
saw and piifully true. Perhaps if the
fortunate half. in their comfortable
homes. could know of the discomfort
and misery endured by the other hall
their own petty Inconvenience would
grow in their hearts, bearing fruit in
efforts to help the less fortunate.
Through the poorer quarters of New
York last summer. during the heated
term that we all thought so hard to
, bear, thousands of people walked the
streets or laid upon the door-steps. be-
cause of the foul and suffocating air in
the crowded tenement-houses And in
those sitting tenement-houses the
cries of sick children, perishing for
pure air and strengthening food. were
heard all through the day and night.
Poor. tired women, the papers said.
who worked hard all day, paced the
streets nightly. carrying their bah es
to give them breath of fresh air. In
one house, where lived seventy-six
families. fifty-six children died in a
very short time from disease, poor
feeding and the effects of heat Under
the terrible conditions of life in large,
crowded tenements. it can only be the
strongest children who survive, and
the sufferings undergone last summer
by all the inmates have been beyond
description.
Idleness, vice of all kinds, ignorance
and drunkenness help to make state
of squalor and wretchedness that no
one without seeing could believe ex-
listed.
Better ne homes than homes like
these. some will say, but what does it
mean to have no home? 1t means, as
hundreds know. haunting docks and
markets to buy few cents worth of
stale food or begging unsa able refuse,
when even the few cents can not be
spared. and stealing room to sleep be-
hind boxes and under benches. remote
from the drea Ell policemen whose
business it is to tell such Migrants to
move on. When cold and stormy
weather comes and these refugees are
unavailable, there are dirty, foul
smelling rooms whose sides are lined
with ..bunks'' or shelves, and by the
payment of five cents man, or woman,
can occupy one for night After food
for the day has been bought va
grants pocket seldom holds five cents.
but two cents will purchase the privi-
lege of laying the weary. homeless
body on the hare floor. with often as
many Others as the floor can accom-
modate. And If even the two cents
are not forthcoming? Then. no matter
how low the mercury falls, there are
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13
WRITING FOR CHILDREN.
The Results OF Investigations Made by
Noted Authority.

Noted Authority.
Schubert, of Nuremberg. has made
careful study of various kinds of
script and the bearing which the use
of each has upon the hygiene of the
eyes among children, and the follow
ing are his conclusions:
As a practical conclusion to be
drawn from his observations, Schubert
lays down the rule that all children
should be taught a perpendicular
handwriting. Even if the erect median
position of copy-book be not actually
better than the oblique median. still
the teacher can not tell when inspect
ing writing done at home what absurd
position may have been adopted in
writing it if the child is permitted to
write any thing but perpendicular let
tiers. These latter can only be ex-
ecuted in the correct median position.
1t may be possible for adults to write
more rapidly slanting than a per-
pendicular hand, but children are not
required to write rapidly, but in q
manner that does not tend to deform
the yertebral columns of their eyes. In
many countries nowadays. and in times
past, perpendicular handwriting alone
obtains. and Schubert appends a series
of fac-similes of German handwritiup
in every century from the eighth to the
eighteenth inclusive. From this it is
seen that slanting letters were not
adopted to any extent until the seven
teenth century. Opthalmic Review.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13

the streets to pace to keep from freez-
ing, till the tired feet can bear it no
longer, and the wearied frame is forced
TO hide itself in the most sheltered
corner. with the winter wind for a
lullaby and perhaps the snow for a
blanket.
There is no pleasure in dwelling
upon the details of wretched lives and
squalid homes. but we who live in COM
fort should know of the miseries of
others. not only by way of learning to
be thankful for our own greater bless
ings. but that we may feel inspired to
give from the store that has been given
US for the relief of the destitute who
are as much children of God as we are
Good Cheer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13

BARN-YARD MANURE.
Conditions Essential to the Saving Of i
Valuable Ingredients.

Conditions Essential to the Saving of tt
Valuable Ingredients.
In recent report of the Ohio State
Board of Agriculture the professor OF
agri cultural chemistry, II. A. Weber,
in a paper on bun-yard manure, very
truly said that the proper treatment of
barn-yard manure is a matter of Pc
cuniary interest to the farmer, sin
order to produce a good manure with.
out the loss of valuable ingredients
certain conditions must be supplied )"
These conditions, Prof Weber claimed,
are:
l. The stable floor must he impervi-
Gus to water and should be of con-
crete, clay. brick or plank.
2. Enough bedding should be used
to completely absorb the liquid excre.
ments Straw IS the best bedding"
The amount of bedding should be equal
to one-fourth of the dry matter of the
feed given. This would. in general, be
about six to six and half pounds for
every 1000 pounds of live weight OF
stock per day."
8. Where the manure is allowed to
accumulate in the stable, it is often
necessary to employ some absorbent
for the escaping ammonia. The best
absorbents are muck and soil sprinkled
over the surface from time to time.
When these can not be had. the follow
ing substances may be Employed: Gyp
sum or land plaster. one-half pound
per day for every 1000 pounds live
weight Sulphuric acid. one part to
Loco parts of water. One pint of this
mixture per week will be sufficient for
each animal.
l. Where stables are daily cleaned.
a manure pit for the preservation of
manure should be provided. This pit,
according to Prof Weber's views.
should have double stable surface.
should be feet deep and have wall
or ridge around the outside. at least a
foot higher than the surrounding sur
face, i'm order to exclude water during
rains The bottom of this pit should
be impervious to water SO as to pre-.
vent loss of the soluble constituents.
He advises that the manure be spread
over the whole pit and not piled up at
one point Here it will be kept moist.
which prevents heating, and all the
saleable ingredients viii be preserved.
Manure taken from pit of this kind.
according to the authority quoted. con-
tains in one ton: nitrogen, 10 pounds;
phosphine acid. So pounds; potash.
126 pounds. The money value of a
ton of this manure would be s. 05,
calculating the nitrogen at 20 cents
per pound. the phosphine acid at 8
cents, and the potash at cents. ~
Z. World
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BITUMINOUS COAL.
Some of the Wonderful Products Obtain.
able in q Gas Factory.

Some of the Wonderful Products Obtain
able in a Gas Factory.
Few persons have any idea of the
wonderful products from a lump of
coal-a lump of coal that is placed in
the retort Of gas mandatory.
Ordinarily burned, the combustion of
a lump of coal results in carbonic acid.
smoke (Which is merely SCOT, or rather
the visible portion of smoke is soot).
and the ash. in which are found silica,
acid, sulphuric acid, potash, sodium.
combined sulphur. sometimes traces of
chlorine, titanic acid and other sub
stances. In the gas retort a variety of
products are obtained. ThHSa as it
is carried through the hydraulic main
to the purifying rooms. takes with it
tar and ammonia, the latter evolved
from the nitrogen The ammonia has
to be washed out with water in an ar
rangement by which the ammonia is
gathered and saved. Tons and tons OF
sulphate of ammonia are thus made,
and become an article of commerce.
The sulphur is removed by caustic
lime of oxide of iron. The carbonic
acid is also removed by lime, but the
sulphurous acid can not be removed,
and, with several others, remains in
the gas after all efforts to remove 1t.
The others give the gas its smell.
By distillation. naphtha and as
phaltum are obtained. Asphaltum is
a dead oil. very useful to preserve
wood. From this. too. carbolic acid is
obtained, very important in surgical
operations as being the most valuable
antiseptic known. From naphtha, BEN
zole. eumol, tuluol and synod are OBJ
tanned. Naphtha. as is well known. is
used as burning fluid. Benzole is
solvent for grease and oils. very useful
in cleaning kid gloves and things OF
that kind.
Benzole treated with nitric acid pro-
duces nitrobenzole. This, singuiarly
enough, is used as q fiavoring extract
nv confeetioners and for pertaining
SOAP. When used for this purpose. it
Is known in commerce as the essence
of mvrrhbane, which it is not, al
though it smells and tastes something
like essence of myrrhbane or oil OF
hitter almonds Nitrobenzole is terri
bly poisonous, but not more so than
other adulterants used by confection-
ers.
From nitrobenzole aniline is OBJ
tanned. This. when first obtained is
perfectly colorless liquid. but dark
ems as it grows older From aniline
are obtained the coal tar colors. which
are SO very brilliant> The colors are
of ali hues. The one known as 'Iur-
kew red is exactly similar to the RED
that used to be made from the madden
root. Since the discovery of this an
lime. it has almost completely broken
up the raising of madden in Holland.
There thousands of acres were devoted
to the raising of madden root to get
the Turkey red dye. 1t can be made
much cheaper from the product OF
gas faclory.-Goas Trade Journal
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AN ANT FUNERAL.
A Strange Story Whose Truth Can Hardly
Be Doubted.

A Strange Story Whose Truth Can Hardly
BE Doubted.
Some of our readers may think that
the following description has TO
mantle sound, but it is extracted from
the Proceedings of the Linnaan So
ciety." having been communicated to
that learned body by an observer in
Australia. The writer saw a lar ge
number of ants surrounding those
that he had killed. and determined to
watch their proceedings closely. Ae-
cortlingly he followed four or five that
started off from the rest toward a
hillock short distance off. in which
was an ants nest.
This they entered, and in about FIVE
minutes they reappeared. followed by
others. All fell into rank. walking
regularly and slowly, two by two,
until they arrived at the spot where
lay the dead bodies of the soldier ants
In few minutes two of the ants add
vanced and took up the body of one of
their comrades; then two others. and
so on, until all were ready to march.
First walked two ants bearing body,
then two without burden; then two
others with another dead ant, and so
on, until the line was extended to
about forty pairs. and the procession
now moved slowly onward, followed
by an Irregular body of about
two hundred ants. Occasionally the
two laden ants stopped, and laying
down the dead body. it was taken up
by the two walking unburdened be-
hind them, and thus, by occasionally
relieving each other. they arrived at a
sandy spot near the sea. The body OF
ants now commenced digging with
their jaws number of holes in the
ground. in each of which dead ant
was laid. Then they fell to and filled
up the graves. This did not quite fin
ish the remarkable circumstances at
tending this insect funeral. Some six
or seven of the ants had attempted to
run off without performing their share
of the task of digging; these were
caught and brought back, when they
were at once attacked and killed upon
the spot A single grave was quickly
dug, and they were all dropped into
YOUTHS Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13
NOVELTIES IN JEWELRY.
Some of the New Things Recently De
signed by American Artists.

some OF the New Th1ngs Recently De-
signed by American Artists.
A recent design in breastpins of OK
idized silver is a confused mass of sea-
weed, in the center of which are two
scalloped shells, on which a golden
crab is resting.
A novel napkin-ring is a representa-
ton of an oak-leaf in tinted silver 1t
is bent in a circular form and connect
ed at the ends with a gold pin. over
which silver beetle is crawling.
In chatelaines recent design is an
octopus CT oxidized silver, having sus-
pended from each of its eight legs a
heavy link chain. to which some fanci-
full knick-knack is attached.
A rich but rather costly addition to
fashionable grate-fire utensils is rose
wood bellows, the handle and snout of
which are frosted silver. The bagis a
single piece of kangaroo skin.
Silver posters or bottle-stands are
becoming fashionable. A handsome
design recently brought from England
has base of rosewood and raised
rim of silver decorated in repousse
style.
A pretty tea-bell is silver figure of
Queen Elizabeth, the body from the
waist up forming the handle and the
old fashioned dress the tone part A
richly chased silver tray is used to
contain this novel figure.
A novel tankard recently seen Is
made of the large part of an elephants
tusk, firmly embedded in mass of
silver. The cover is of silver. hand
somely chased, and the handle, of the
same material, is a dragon climbing
up the side of the tusk
A unique decoration for silver
flask, recently noticed. is the repre-
sentation of a paved street, down which
three cats are walking arm in arm.
Above their heads is the motto: 1--WE
won't GO home till morning." while at
the base of the flask are two bars of
music, probably intended as an
accompaniment for the motto in the
skies. Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13
Great Am erican Invention s.

The fifteen great American inven-
tons of worldwide adoption are: 1,
the cotton gin; 2. the planning machine;
8. the grass mower and reaper; 4. the
rotary printing press; 5, navigation by
steam. 6. the hot-air engine; 4. the
sewing machine; s. the India-rubber
indus ~; 9, the machine manufacture
of horseshoes; 10, the sand-blasts for
carving; II, the gauge lathe; IL. the
grain elevator; Is. artificial ice-making
on a large scale; IA. the electric mag
net and its practical application; 10,
the telephone. - Chicago Neps.
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W.. .mer,c, Ever Di,coxered9

At the time when Columbus started in
search of the New World, nearly every man,
woman and child in Europe insisted that
there was no New World to discover. When
he came back, crowned with success, large
proportion of these good people adhered to
their theory; and if they were alive to-day
many of them would doubtless insist that
America had never been discovered at all.
A man viii give up anything in the world
more readily than pet theory. For ex-
ample, look at the individuals who still
maintain that consumption is incurable. DR.:
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery has cured
thousands upon thousands of cases, and
viii cure thousands more, but these people
can't give up their point Neverthe less the
" Discovery will cure any case of consump-
ton. if taken in time,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13
PITH AND POINT.

-Lss money go SO long as manhood
remains
1t beats all, the lies some persons
can tell in order to gain little prop
erty.
Man mover feels how precious time
is until he stops to think what he might
have done in idle hours.
american.
1t was Emerson who. defined the
real man as ''he who in the midst of
the crowd keeps the independence of
solitude"
There is tide in the affairs of men
which. if not skillfully lodged at the
proper time. browns them. Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette.
Some of the miIkmen hang pals of
milk down the well to keep the milk
cool. Some of them use too much
rope--Miltoaukee Sentinel.
An Austin man has invented an
apparatus for arresting and extinguish.
ing sparks. Are the girls going to
stand that?-Teras Sittings..
We notice that as a rule people
who owe a grudge never ask for an ex.
tension of time nor reduction of inter-
est They whack up at every oppor-
tunity.
Darwin said: Every species OF
fruit contains living principle" a
man is very likely to discover it when
he bites into an apple in the dark
Binghanton Leader.
The arrest of several men in New
York on charge of EN- bracery has de-
moralized the girls all over the coun-
try. They think it will make the
young men too timid to do any hug.
ging.
"A Photographer was put on the
markets the other day, but when he
headed a fall in India rubber gum
drops" he was restored to his former
position. Commercial Adrer-
tiser.
True in Both Cases.
"'Tis more blessed to give
Than it is to receive:"
OF advice and of physic
This is true, we believe.
It'd Bits.
The fact that a mans BRAIN grows
lighter as he grows older is considered
a curious thing. His brain is supposed
by the community to be the lightest
when he is about twenty years Old
Detroit Free Press.
Hope is, indeed, very fallacious,
and promises what it seldom gives;
but its promises are more valuable than
the gifts of fortune. and it seldom
illustrates US without assuring us of rec
ompensing the delay by greater
bounty. johnson.
They are just running the thing
into the ground" observed Amy, in q
discussion on some topic of mutual in
terest. YES" replied the high school
girl, II think myself that they are
forcibly projecting it into terra irma-"
Pittsburgh Chronicle.
"A Growing Child. -Conductor-
Madam. did understand you to say
this girl is not yet twelve years old?"
Mother-''She will be twelve next
spring" And you want to go all
the way to New York in this carr"
Eyes" Then you should not go on
this train "Why notP' Because
this is slow train, and if that girl
keeps on growing as she has been, by
the time we get to New York she will
be so large that she will not be able
TO get through the car door. The COM
pany can't afford to take the car 10
pieces on a half-fare ticket - TEXAS
SJtings.
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Much Desired Reform.

To begin and carry on to successful COM
pletion reform of the disorder existing in
q dyspeptic stomach. use systematically
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. "A happy re
suit is inevitable, and this will be attended
by return to discipline of the bowels and
liver when they are recalcitrant, which they
usually are when their associate organ, the
liver, is out of order. Use the Bitters in
fever and ague.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13

Those who are trying to break up the
baneful habit of intemperance will expert
ence great benefit from the use of Prickly
Ash Bitters. Liquors derange the system.
Prickly Ash Bitters viii remedy the evil re-
suits and restore the brain, stomach and
liver to healthy action, thereby strengthen
ing the will power, thoroughly cleansing and
toning up the system and removing every
faint of disease. 1t is purely amedicfne and
while pleasant to the taste, it can not be
used as q beverage by reason of its cathartic
properties.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13

Offer No. III
FREEi-To MERCHANTS ONLY: A genu-
me Meerschaum Smokers Set, Give
pieces, in satin-lined plush case.
Address at once,
r. w. TANsIIL 6 Co..
So State Street, Chicago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13

FoR constipation, oliver complaint or
biliousness, sick headache, and all diseases
arising from a disordered condition of the
liver and stomach, take DR.. Pierces Pleas
ant Purgative Pellets-a gentle laxative or
active cathartic, according to size of dose.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13

A GREAT many orators have what may be
described as an in-imitable style-Daiuth
P0rdgrdpher.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13

IT'S curious how affection and CONNECTION
seem to harmonize.- Washington Critic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13

THE club man sings: THE half has not
been told" And it's his better half ut that
-Daluh Pdraqropher
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13

MANY initiate. none equal "TansilIs
Punch &c. Cigar.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13

MANY a man who has not o penny in his
pocket owns a corn he would not allow you
TO step on for the world British Lion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13

liz proportion to its size the mosquito
draws better than the average cigarette
Nec Haven Nscs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13

CONVENTIONAL Defects are era7icated not
hidden, by Glenn's Sulphur Soap
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, soc The best
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13

lssantly Hawking and spitting,,
Three hotties cure Cafarrh.

Ell ROBBINS, Runudp p. o., Columbia 20.
Pa, says: MY daughter had cafaTrn VII n.
sage's Catarrh remedy advertised, and Pre-.
cured q bottle for her, and soon saw tnaL =
haIned her: a third bottle effected permass
nent cure. She is now eighteen years Old ann
sound and hearty"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13

MUFFs will be very small this winter, but
ear-tabs will remain as large as ever.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13

WHEN the dogpound man makes q bic
haul at SO much per head, he puts it down
as red-setter day.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13

THE GLACIERS report business as putty
good--GooddtPS Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13
Sick Headache

Is Of the most distressing affections and people
who ara Its victims deserve sympathy. But The
great success Hoods Sarsaparila has had In curing
sick headache make IL seem almost foolish to allow
the trouble continue. By its toning and invigor
ating effect upon the digestive organs. Hoods Sarsa
parilla readily gives relief when headache arises
from indigestion; and in neuralgia conditions BY
building mp the system, Hoods Sarsaparilla 70
moves the cause and hence oyercomes the di6aculty
81 have been subject to bad spells Of sick head.
ache for number Of years, and could get nothing
to help for any length of time until took Hoods
Sarsaparilla- This medicine relieved me from the
first. l have not had the sick headache since"
Mrs. N. E. KING, wife OF Judge d. s. King. VIII
mington. Ohio.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13

The favorite poets for the sea shore are
Shelley and Crabbe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13

Chronic nasal catarrh positively cured BY
DR.. Sage's Remedy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13

OUTWARD bound - book. - Hayper's
Bdzar
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13

TIE Frazer is the Standard Axle Greaseof
the world. Saves your horses and wagons.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13

NOTE BRoKERs, like BARRIERS, make their
living by shaving. Boston budget
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-10-13

8 MONTHS treatment for SOC pfsopa
Remedy for Catarrh- Sold by druggists.